trite
     adj : repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic
           sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace";
           "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating
           threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom";
           "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" [syn: {banal}, {commonplace},
            {hackneyed}, {old-hat}, {shopworn}, {stock(a)}, {threadbare},
            {timeworn}, {tired}, {well-worn}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0